Tire-building machine



' Feb. 9, 1926.

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WALTER H. HERMANN,F LANCASTER, 01110, Assmnon. TO nan-Mann TIRE BUILD- IN G MACHINE COMPANY, OF LANCASTER,

OHIO,'A ccnronarion or OHIO.

TIRE-BUILDING .MACI-IINE.

Application filed September 22, 1323. 7 Serial No. 664,156.

1'0 all whom it may concern: 7 j g Be it known that I, WALTER I-LIInniLiNN,

acitizenof the 'Unite-d States, residing at of thero ller must Lancaster, in the county of Fairfield and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tire-Building Machines, of whichthe following is a speciiication, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawings.

This is a continuation in part of my application for patent on a tire building machine, filed Aug. 9, 1920,'Ser. No. 402, 17 1, Patent Nos 1,468,809. In this application thereis disclosed a tire building machine by which one or more strips of tire fabric may be expeditiously and economically applied to acore or form to build up or form thereon a laminated structure which eventually becomes a'l' omogeneous mass and as such serves as the body or carcass for a tread or outer finishing structure which eventually providesa tire. In this type of machine the fabric passes under a guide roller sup ported by arms or-brackets in proximity to the core and I have found that-the juxtaposition of the. roller interferes with an attendant guiding fabric under the roller, arranging the fabric on the core preparatory to a building. operation, exchanging cores, or passingbetween the coreand the roller to make adjustments in connection with the machine. I have further found that on ac count of; different sizes. of cores being used for ditferentsizes of tires thatthe position be changed relative to the core in order that the tire fabric may be conveniently and properly applied.

This inventionaimsto support a roller so that it may be swung; out of the road of an attendant. ofthe-machine, and ,novel meansds employed, for holding the roller either in an active or inactiveposition.

My inventionifurther aims to support the roller so that itfmay be raised or lowered, shifted to and fromfthe core, and thus permit of fabric being'built on to a core for tires of various sizes.

Mv improvements will be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed, and reference will now be had to the drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of a tire building machine constructed in accordance with my invention;

nected' by a rod have threaded portions.

Fig. 2 is a planof a portion of the same, partly broken away and partly in section;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged elevation of a portion oftne roller and an adjustable'roller support;

Fig. a me plan of the same;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of a'portion of one of the roller supporting arms showing a locking device therefor, and

Fig.6 is a detail sectional view of the same.

The tire building machine to which my improvements are applicable comprises a base 1 for a support 2 having a rotary collapsible core 3 on which is fabricated a tire body 4. On the base'l are porting superposed Atth'e rear brackets 9 supporting stock rolls 10 and take-up rolls 11, the latter receiving the usual strips of non-adhesive material which.

are sandwiched between the convolutions of the adhesive stock; the non-adhesive strips being wound on the takeup rolls as the adhesive material is unwound from the stock rolls.

machine showingan adjustable At the front side of the machinethere are 7 guide rollers 12 and tension rollers 13 which cooperate with the guide rollers 12 in guiding fabric from the tables 6 to the core On the front side of the machine is {rest of brackets 27 terminating in arms 14; having the outer ends thereof connected by a rod 28. Loose on the rod 28 is a sleeve or hub 29 having its ends providedwith sector gears 30, and these 31 on which is a rotatable 32 which may or may not In lieu of the rod 31 the roller 32 may have pintles extending into anti-frictional bearings of the. sector gears 30 and these sectorgears mesh with pinions 33011 a shaft 34; journaled in the arms 14. 1 One end of the shaft 34 has a hand wheel 35 and one of the arms has a gravity pawl or locking device 36 engaging one of the pinions 83, so that after the sector gears are adjusted to correctly position the spreader roller 32, relative to the core, said sector gears may be locked in such position by the gravity pawl 36.

By reference to Fig. 1 it will be observed spreader roller sector gears are con that the spreader roller 32 is positioned com mon to the guide or tension rollers 13 and between said rollers and the core 23, so that the fabric from the machine will pass under the spreader roller on to the tire body being fabricated, on the core 2-3. The are oi contact between the tabric and the guide or ten sion rollers i i and the tire body may be increased or decreased by raising and lowering the spreader roller and in consequence of such adjustment the tabric is smoothed and conveyed on to various sizes ot cores in the same relative position.

It the spreader roller iii! is threaded. as shown in Fig. 2. with right and lett screw threads extending trom the middle ot the roller to the ends thereof. such threaded portions cause the fabric to be smoothed out and somewhat stretched, so that it may be evenly applied to the core or body.

The arms ls may be rigid with tho brackets or pivotall mounted at the inner sides of the brackets 27 on pivot bolts or studs 15 and the inner ends ol. said arms are provided with concave notches lti and L7. The arms 1.1 are normally suijiported in a horizontal position, or approximately so. by set screws or adjustable members 18 carried by extensions 19 of the brackets 27, and jonrnaled in said brackets, adjacent the inner ends of the arms it. is a transversely disposed locking: member. preterablv in the form of a rod Ell having a cranl: or handle 2i at one end thereof, so that said rod may be rocked. The rod cylindrical throughout and has cut. awav portions. at the inner sides of the brackets 27. providing tlati tacets which may confront the inner ends of the arms it, provide clearance for said arms, and permit of the arms being swung to a vertical position. as shown by dot and dash lines in Fig. I}. When so positioned the locking device may be actuated to place the ovlindrieal wall of the rod 21 in the set of notches 17, thus locking the arms ii: in a vertical out ot the road position so as not to inter t'ere with the removabilitv ol the core 3. the tire body on the core. or any movement of a worlnnan about the core. The arms 1.4- will be safely siu'iportied in a ilitiltlttl position and when released by the locking device may be swung to a lowered active position and locked in such position by the locking: device being actuated to place the cylindrical wall tllQlQ of in the set of notches It), as best shown in Figs. 4: and 5.

emon Since my improvements may be applicable to machines other than the type devised by me, 1 do not care to confine my invention to the specific construction and arrangement of parts herein shown, other than defined by the appended claims,

What I claim is 1. 111 a tire building machine from which material mar travel to a core for the fabrication of a tire on the core, brackets adjacent the core. arms having the inner ends thereof pivotally supported from said brackets and swingable upwardly away from the core to a position at an angle to said bracle cts. and a roller supported from said arms and adapted tor adjustment when said arms are lowered adjacent. to said core.

2. An improvement in tire building ma chines as called for in, claim 1, and a locking device operable in said brackets and engageatle with the pivoted ends of said arms to hold said arms in an adjusted position.

23. An ii'nprovement in tire building machines. as called for in elaim'l, wherein said arms are normally horizontal, and means on said brackets under said arms adapted for adjusting the horizontal position. of sald arms.

l. An improvement in tire building inaehines. as called 'l'or in claim 1., and a rotatable rod in said brackets adapted to engage said arms and hold said arms in an adjusted position, said rod having facets providing clearance tor movei'nent: o i said arms.

loller supporting means for a tire building machine. comprising brackets, notched pivoted arms carried thereby, a

.roller supported 'iroi'n said arms, and a rotatable rod carried by said brackets adapted to have its wall engage in the notched arms to hold said arms in an adjusted position.

ti. in a tire building machine from which material may travel to a core tor the fabrical ion ot a tire on the core, pivoted horizontal arms in proximity to the core, racks pivotallv supported arms. a roller supported by lower portions of said racks below the plane of said arms for producing a tension on the material and means supported intermediate the ends of said arms tor swinging said racks on their pivots to move sztid roller towards the plane ot said arms.

In testimony whereof I atiix my signature.

WALTER H. HERMANN.

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